Old Street Scenes

[Bill Pritchard]

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The Jewel and EG Home Center were there for many years, I don't remember Texas Tommy's

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Truthfully, neither do I. The only Texas Tommy's I ever knew of was at the corner of IL Rt. 59 & IL Rt. 56, and I believe it was gone by the time I started driving.

The Jewel and E-G Home Center was what gave it away to me, too

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[427TJ]

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Ooh, K-Mart "hunnert" octane! In a perfect world that '64 Galaxie has a 427/425 underhood.

[Stratocharger]

Thanks for the time travel, i hope to contribute to this thread myself soon..

stratocharger
aka brock samson...
www.dodgecharger.com

[IMA 62]

Archer Avenue , late 70's..

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Just curious....whereabouts on Archer Ave? I see that Gas City sign, but not sure where it was. Heck in the late 70's I was only 8 years old (in 79).

I do remember another Gas City on 55th and Pulaski.

[Dog427435]

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For anyone who cares.....
I believe this is Downers Grove, IL, the north side of US Rt. 34, just west of Main St.

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[b]The first photo, from June 1962, shows the Downers Market Shopping Center, which was located at
the intersection of Ogden Avenue (US 34) and Saratoga Avenue. In addition to the Jewel, the center
featured a Woolworth's and the locally owned E-G Home Center among other stores.
Barely readable at the corner of the Jewel store is an oval “Burny Bros.” sign, a popular Chicago
bakery that had departments in many Jewel stores of the era.
The second and third photos are February 1961 views of Main Street, Downers Grove.
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[IMA 62]

The Gas city was on Archer and Mayfield, just east of Austin Ave. Everyone hung out at Ridge Center which was across the street from Gas City. You would pull out on Archer and give it your best burnout.

[Mr70]

"Barely readable at the corner of the Jewel store is an oval “Burny Bros.” sign, a popular Chicago
bakery that had departments in many Jewel stores of the era."

Who could forget Burny Bros.
They were all over this area and had the best baked goods.Jules Burny was a close friend of mine and shot a mean game of Golf as well.

WOW!...Main St. Downers G. in 1961.
Your 1st pic is looking southbound and looks like it was taken standing on the R/R tracks.You can see Herberts Men store on the left,which just closed it's doors this summer.
Your 2nd pic looks like it was taken near Maple Ave.looking northbound,on the west side of Main..

Great pics Dog,where did you get these from?

[Dog427435]

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